§ Mr. Michael Forsythasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many National Health Service employees are entitled to index-related pensions; and of these, how many are ancillary staff.
§ Mr. John Patten780,000 employees in the National Health Service are members of the National Health Service378W superannuation scheme. All are expected in due course to become entitled to index-related pensions. Of these, 143,000 are classified as manual workers.